A Bearded Prophet in Glory Attended by a Bishop, Two Other Male Saints, and Angels (Design for a Section of a Dome

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A Bearded Prophet in Glory Attended by a Bishop, Two Other Male Saints, and Angels (Design for a Section of a Dome), 1634–35, Black chalk, partly reworked by the artist in pen and brown ink, maximum sheet: 11 1/2 x 10 5/16 in. ( x cm), very irregular borders, Drawings, Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian, Parma 1582–1647 Rome), Rapidly drawn on a page taken from a sketchbook, this dynamic, highly utilitarian working drawing portrays a figural scene of religious glory, conceived in a perspective 'as if seen from below' and within the outlines framing a tall, pointed, curving area between two ribs of a dome

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Size: 4021px × 4516px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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